Abstract: Black-box security testing for a Web application includes identifying infrastructure supporting the Web application, obtaining vulnerability data for the Web application from an external data source according to the infrastructure, deriving a test payload from the vulnerability data using a processor, and determining a type of vulnerability exploited by the test payload. An existing validation operation of a testing system is selected for validating a response from the Web application to the test payload according to the type of vulnerability.

Abstract: A method for adapting a driving behavior of a semi, highly or fully automated vehicle and includes the following steps: receiving passenger compartment data; ascertaining a safety state of at least one vehicle occupant which in particular represents an injury probability of the vehicle occupant in the event of an accident, based on the passenger compartment data; and adapting the driving behavior of the vehicle based on the safety state of the at least one vehicle occupant.

Abstract: Acceleration determination for controlling a vehicle, such as an autonomous vehicle, is described. In an example, objects in an environment of the vehicle are identified and a probability that each object will impact travel of the vehicle is determined. Individual accelerations for responding to each object may also be determined. Weighting factors for each of the accelerations may also be determined based on the probabilities. A control acceleration may be determined based on the weighting factors and the accelerations.

Abstract: A trajectory of a motor vehicle relative to a vehicle-external reference system is determined during a movement of the motor vehicle along a track of the motor vehicle. The determined trajectory of the motor vehicle is transmitted to a vehicle-external central track information collection device, and track information is determined based on the transmitted trajectory by the track information collection device and provided to at least one additional motor vehicle.

Abstract: The technology disclosed relates to enforcing multi-part policies on data-deficient transactions of independent data stores. In particular, it relates to combining active analysis of access requests for the independent object stores with inspection of objects in the independent object stores, each of the analysis and inspection generating and persisting object metadata in a supplemental data store, actively processing data-deficient transactions that apply to the objects by accessing the supplemental data store to retrieve object metadata not available in transaction streams of the data-deficient transactions, and actively enforcing the multi-part policies using the retrieved object metadata.

Abstract: This invention describes a method, and an apparatus for identifying and authenticating an Individual Client (IC), or a Secure-Computing-Device online while ensuring the privacy of the IC's personal data, (IPD), and information against identity theft and fraud by using a combination of prior art Blockchain technology, public key cryptography, and a newly created Biometric Digital Certificate issued by an accredited Biometric Certification Authority. The IC's transactions data are dynamically updated, cryptographically signed for integrity and stored in an immutable blockchain each time the IC requests service from a Service Provider and provides an accurate and traceable audit trail. During online access, the IC transactions data stored in the Blockchain Databases are processed by a Data Analytics Authentication Processor to generate the Service-Access-Authentication-Tag, which is an algorithmic score that determines the IC's eligibility to access online services offered by a plurality of Services Providers.

Abstract: Systems and methods for providing services are disclosed. One aspect comprises authenticating a user associated with a first service, receiving a selection of a second service, generating an opaque identifier associated with the user and the first service, wherein the opaque identifier facilitates the anonymous collection of data relating to the second service. Another aspect can comprise transmitting the opaque identifier to the second service, and receiving data relating to the second service.

Abstract: Black-box security testing for a Web application includes identifying infrastructure supporting the Web application, obtaining vulnerability data for the Web application from an external data source according to the infrastructure, deriving a test payload from the vulnerability data using a processor, and determining a type of vulnerability exploited by the test payload. An existing validation operation of a testing system is selected for validating a response from the Web application to the test payload according to the type of vulnerability.

Abstract: Method and application for communicating sensitive information, incident reporting, and for acceleration of urgent situation responses and supervision allowing for school administrators, teachers, professors, users, submitters, or receivers, to instantly report credible threats, or dangerous situations. In at least one current embodiment, a Smart Button is a digital situation button for use by any submitter to instantly report their GPS map location, name, title, contact information, picture and/or workplace. Submitters can receive and/or send 1-way or at least 2-way communications. At least one embodiment of the invention relates to a method for sending, receiving, reporting or responding to mood related, time-sensitive, live situation, or secretive messages, through a one-step anonymous, or with a specific degree of anonymity, or non-anonymous submit and targeted authorized receipt process, generating, assigning, and utilizing unique identifiers with a corresponding administrative report generating process.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method for determining arrangement information for a vehicle (10). The arrangement information comprises a position of the vehicle (10) and an orientation of the vehicle (10) with respect to a stationary coordinate system. In the method, a local driving lane arrangement in the surroundings of the vehicle (10) is detected with sensors (14) of the vehicle (10). A first driving lane arrangement is determined with respect to the stationary coordinate system in dependence on the local driving lane arrangement and a previously determined arrangement information item for the vehicle. A second driving lane arrangement is determined with respect to the stationary coordinate system in dependence on predefined map material.

Abstract: A method is disclosed to secure the operation of a vehicle. To detect any tampering during the communication of information or command, encrypting and authenticating devices are placed on the two ends of a communication channel. On the first end, an encryption device generates a first packet by encrypting the information using a random variable. The first packet and the information are communicated to the second end of the communication channel. On the second end, the authenticating device generates its own packet by encrypting the information using the random variable; then it compares the two packets and pronounces the information authentic if the two packets are identical. Any tampering with the information or the first packet will be detected and blocked by the authenticating device. Secured sensor and secure actuator are also provided.

Abstract: A driving support apparatus for an own vehicle includes a lane keeping assist control unit. When an interrupting vehicle enters ahead of the own vehicle in (i) a situation in which no preceding vehicle is present ahead of the own vehicle, or (ii) a situation in which a preceding vehicle is present ahead of the own vehicle, while a deviation angle formed between a direction of a traveling trajectory of the interrupting vehicle and a traveling direction of the own vehicle is larger than a threshold, the lane keeping assist control unit is configured not to perform a lane keeping assist control based on the traveling trajectory of the interrupting vehicle, and is configured to discard the traveling trajectory of the interrupting vehicle. On and after the deviation angle becomes equal to or smaller than the threshold, the lane keeping assist control unit is configured to perform the lane keeping assist control based on the traveling trajectory of the interrupting vehicle.

Abstract: A system includes a computer including a processor and a memory, the memory including instructions executable by the processor to identify a degraded state of a vehicle component when a component usage exceeds a first threshold and a weather datum exceeds a second threshold, and then actuate the vehicle component in response to the degraded state.

Abstract: Procedures to identify the probabilities for different states in a vulnerability life cycle are described. The probabilities are used to develop a number of statistical models to evaluate the risk factor of a particular vulnerability at time “t”. A transition probability matrix of all states of a particular vulnerability as a function of time is also described. A Markov chain process can be iterated to reach a steady state of the transition probability matrix, with the initial probabilities reaching the absorbing states, including exploited and patched states. A risk factor is also introduced for use as an index of the risk of a vulnerability being exploited. Finally, statistical models that can calculate the risk factor more conveniently without going through the Markovian process are described.

Abstract: The present disclosure generally relates to techniques for managing a remote authorization to proceed with an action, such as creating a secure network connection. In some examples, a requesting device receives selection of one or more options. The requesting device transmits a request to proceed with an action to an authenticating device. The authenticating device concurrently displays an indication of the request to proceed with the action, information about the selected one or more options, and an indication of the requesting device. The authenticating device receives authorization to proceed with the action and transmits a response to the requesting device regarding the request to proceed with the action.

Abstract: Method and devices for making access decisions in a secure access network are provided. The access decisions are made by one or more portable credentials using data and algorithms stored on or received by two or more credentials. Since access decisions are made by the portable credential or credentials, non-networked hosts or local hosts can be employed that do not necessarily need to be connected to a central access controller or database, thereby reducing the cost of building and maintaining the secure access network.

Abstract: Systems and methods for passporting credentials provide a mechanism by which a native app on a client device can invoke a service provider's core web site web addresses (URL) while keeping the existing session active and shared between the two experiences (native app and web flow) so that the end user does not need to re-login at each context switch. The mechanism can include a unique way for the web flow context to communicate conditions and pass control back to the native app context of the shared session.

Abstract: Various methods and systems for processing at least some of genome sequences and at least some of associated information, for an individual, may be described and disclosed herein. A purpose of such processing may be to prevent, minimize, and/or mitigate against (1) identification of the individual from such genome sequence information and/or from associated information; and/or (2) using such genome sequence information and/or associated information as a basis for discriminating against the individual.

Abstract: Systems and methods for payload encoding and decoding are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a processor. The example apparatus further includes a storage device in communication with the processor, the storage device including instructions which, when executed, cause the processor to at least process a license file to obtain information to access a message encoded in audio, the information obtained from the license file including at least one of decoding information, message codes, a decoding algorithm or diagnostic information; detect the message encoded in the audio based on the information obtained from the license file; and output the detected message.

Abstract: Systems and methods for operating a system including a plurality of directories. The methods comprises: receiving, by a computing device, a first search request for identity information associated with an individual user of the system that is in a common request format supported by a common Application Programming Interface (“API”); performing first operations by the computing device to generate second search requests by transforming a format of the first search request from the common request format to a plurality of directory search request formats respectively supported by the plurality of directories; and respectively communicating the second search requests to the plurality of directories for retrieving the identity information associated with an individual user of the system.